Human Rights
Prison Reform Goes Local
A MacArthur-backed project is funding 40 local jurisdictions' efforts to reduce their jailed populations.
Tag: Communities
Health
Health Care in the Mohallas
An ambitious plan by Delhi's local government aims to give the city's poor better access to health care through neighborhood clinics.
Education
Dance Revolution
The Wooden Floor is licensing its successful model of using arts education to break the cycle of poverty.
Social Enterprise
Tend It Like Beckham
Vi-Ability uses football to get disengaged British youth interested in acquiring the skills and experience necessary to succeed.
Cities
Nonelected Community Representatives
Community-based organizations play a larger role in deciding development projects than local politicians.
Review
Economic Development
The Closer You Look, the Worse It Seems
New research details how US families struggle with unstable income not just from year to year but even from week to week.
Podcast
Nonprofits & NGOs
There Is No Geography to Intelligence and Passion
How can NGOs help communities manage their own growth?
Podcast
Economic Development
Building a Culture of Opportunity Within Disadvantaged Communities
How the organization MORTAR is creating entrepreneurship opportunities for poor and minority communities.
Impact Investing
Increasing Impact: People and Place at the Center
For impact investing to realize its true potential, we must change the mindset and narrative related to there being a “lack of pipeline” in underserved communities—rural and urban—to a perspective that people in communities create the environments in which outside investments can thrive.
Foundations
Leveraging All Assets for Social Good
To bring more resources to bear on the challenges facing children and families, funders can step outside their traditional grantmaking role to invest in innovative and mission-focused efforts.